Got 'em downloaded. Many many thanks to both of you!
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this post, truelighth said:
"In my opinion, the commemorative/centennial deck of US games is as close as you can get to an original, except for the backs. What some call muddied colours, actually helps to properly represent the colours of the Roses&lilies deck."
Do these scan accurately represent how the cards look or is the lighting a bit bright? The scans don't look muddy at all and they certainly don't look like the Smith/Waite Centennial, at least the scans I've seen of it. Just curious.
Hello Abrac,
Sorry I am replying so late. I only just saw this post.
You are asking a good question. When I received my Smith/Waite Centennial, I compared it to the actual deck. And I think I should have chosen my words a differently. The colours of the Centennial are certainly not exactly the same as the real Roses&Lilies. However, I do believe they used the more muddied colours to try and emulate the real colours as closely as possible.
(although there is always room for improvement. I would love to see a real actual reproduction with the line printing visible).
Having said that, I do want to address the scans. Your question made me think and also look at them again. The problem with scans is, that when they show on your monitor, they will always seem lighter, because of the light source. I have had this problem when designing cards for collaborative decks. The online image looks fine, but printed it can be a bit dark.
The same is true for these scans. Viewing them online makes them appear lighter and brighter then the actual deck is. For reference I printed out some of the cards: the Star, Moon and Sun. I choose those, because the blue on the Star and Moon are the colours that are harder to emulate (which is why I think they used the more muddied look).
Anyway, here is what I noticed when comparing the print-outs of the scans to my actual deck. First of all, the print-outs are darker then the scans online. Simply because they are on paper and don't have the light source behind them.
Secondly, the colours of the printed cards are very, very close to the original. Except that the actual Roses&Lilies is actually a bit more greenish then the scans. I don't know why the scanner hasn't picked that up.
So the scans are accurate in their colours, but you need to print them out to truly see them. And then add a slight greenish hue to truly match the real deck.
I hope this answers your question.
P.S. It is not that the scans online are not at all accurate in their colours, they are just lighter then the actual cards.